- May 10, 2020
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- Getting there!
My Hymer Grand Canyon S Sprinter van is two years old in June, but was supplied to Hymer for conversion three months before that.
According to Mercedes my two year service interval starts from the day the van was suppled to Hymer.
Wanting to keep the Mercedes three year warranty intact I called my local dealer to book an ‘A’ service. - I causally enquired to the cost thinking it would be around £200 - £250 as it's basically an oil and filter change.
Turns out on the first service they also change the auto gearbox oil, which sounds sensible as then it’s not due to be changed for another 75,000 miles, and that means a total service price of ….
£845 !!!!!
I then remembered that Mercedes Cars do fixed price monthly serving plans and if you buy the plans right you can cover the most expensive services more cost efficiently.
I asked about a service contract and was told that if the van had done under 12,000 miles I could sign up.
Total cost £27 per month to cover the next two services for a 24 month term.
This equals a total spend £648 and covers the first £845 service plus the next service which will be around £250. Totally saving around £450!
I signed up!
A few interesting things I discovered along the way….
I have the Mercedes data build card for my van. It shows as a RHD, EU-UK-EFTA, Dutch market model. Mercedes UK struggled to find the right codes to add the van to their system and are still struggling to get the Mercedes Me system set up as the van thinks it’s a German home market model....
It was supplied to Hymer without the whoosh bang sliding door - I guess Hymer buy a stock of doors, put the windows and trims in and then add them to the vans when they arrive from Mercedes. This probably explains why the paint onto door isn’t as good as the rest of the van and the catches didn’t align properly!
So … if your Mercedes Sprinter (907 / 910 model from 2018 on) Grand Canyon S / Free / coach-built derivative is less then two years old, under 12,000 miles its worth taking out a service plan with Mercedes before the first service is due. Just call your local Mercedes Van dealer to set up.
According to Mercedes my two year service interval starts from the day the van was suppled to Hymer.
Wanting to keep the Mercedes three year warranty intact I called my local dealer to book an ‘A’ service. - I causally enquired to the cost thinking it would be around £200 - £250 as it's basically an oil and filter change.
Turns out on the first service they also change the auto gearbox oil, which sounds sensible as then it’s not due to be changed for another 75,000 miles, and that means a total service price of ….
£845 !!!!!
I then remembered that Mercedes Cars do fixed price monthly serving plans and if you buy the plans right you can cover the most expensive services more cost efficiently.
I asked about a service contract and was told that if the van had done under 12,000 miles I could sign up.
Total cost £27 per month to cover the next two services for a 24 month term.
This equals a total spend £648 and covers the first £845 service plus the next service which will be around £250. Totally saving around £450!
I signed up!
A few interesting things I discovered along the way….
I have the Mercedes data build card for my van. It shows as a RHD, EU-UK-EFTA, Dutch market model. Mercedes UK struggled to find the right codes to add the van to their system and are still struggling to get the Mercedes Me system set up as the van thinks it’s a German home market model....
It was supplied to Hymer without the whoosh bang sliding door - I guess Hymer buy a stock of doors, put the windows and trims in and then add them to the vans when they arrive from Mercedes. This probably explains why the paint onto door isn’t as good as the rest of the van and the catches didn’t align properly!
So … if your Mercedes Sprinter (907 / 910 model from 2018 on) Grand Canyon S / Free / coach-built derivative is less then two years old, under 12,000 miles its worth taking out a service plan with Mercedes before the first service is due. Just call your local Mercedes Van dealer to set up.